Grease-cup-filling device.



- Fig. 3, is an elevation of the device in posiscription, reference being had to the accoming device, our object being to construct a simple inexpensive device whichis adapted tie lubricant into and through said cups for mally closed by a screw cap 4. y a j Our improved device consists of a cylinder cap 4:- on the rease-cup 3, and this said lever A UNITED-STATES Pagans? orrroii.

, JOHN wranssnnn. hm) Leanna K. smrrn, OFMOBERLY, mssounr.

GREASE-CUP-FILLING DEVICE.

To all whom it my concern..-

Be it known that we, JOHN W, FAESSLER and LUTHER K. SMITH, both citizens of the United States, and residents of Moberly, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Greas-Cup-Filling Devices, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact depanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

Our lnvention relates to a grease-cup fille attached to grease-cups of ordinary construction for the purpose of forcing plasthe purpose of lubricating the bearin s on which the cups are located and the sha ts or piston rods operating in said bearings.

To the above purpose ourinvention con-- after described, claimed and shown in the c Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section of an ordinary grease-cu and on which our improved device is inten ed to be used. Fig.-

our improved device applied to a grease-cup.

tion on a grease-cup. Fig. 4, is a. plan view of one endof a lever utilized in connection with our improved device.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a bearing in which is arranged for operation a shaft 2, and positioned on the bearing is an ordinary grease-cup 3, the upper end of which is nor- 5, the lower end of which is provided with an external screw thread, whereby said cylinder may be applied to the greasecup and heldfor rotation; on the upper end of the cylinder 5, is aring 6, to which is pivotally connected one end of a bar 7, and seated in said bar is a series of ins 8; arranged to slide through the cylin er 5 is a plunger 9, in the upper, end of which is seated a transverse pin 10 and formed in me top' of said plunger is notch 11; 12 designates a lever in the rear end of which is formed an opening 13, which'corresponds to the shape of the could be uti ized for removing said cap 4 when our mproved device is arranged on the grease-cup. 1

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 6,1909. Serial at. 481,826.

device is in use. YTo use .our improved filhng device The forward end of the lever 12, is bifur- Patented Feb. 1, 1910.

cated as designated by 14, in order to readily engage beneath any one-of the pins 8, car-. 'ried b the bar 7. -Formed on the under side 0 the lever 12, adjacent the bifurcated forward end thereof is a bearing 15, which is adapted to engage in notch 11, when the cap 4, is removed from the'grease-cup and the cylinder 5, is now screw seated in said grease-cup after which. the'stick of plastic lubricant is positioned within'the cylinder 5, and the upper portion of the grease-cup 3,

after which the plunger 9 is inserted in the 1 upper end of the cylinder 5 above the stick of plastic lubricant. The bar 7 is now swung into a vertical position after which the bearing 15 on the lever 12 is seated in the notch '11 and with the bifurcated forward end of said lever engaging beneath the ends of one. of the pins 8. The opposite end of the lever is now manually engaged and forced downward and as a result the body of plastic lubricant is compressed within the greasecup 3 and a certain amount of said lubricant will be forced into the bearing 1 around the shaft or rod therein. After this operation the cylinder 5 is removed from the cup 3 and the cap 1 is reseated in the upper end ofsaid cup 3. The ring 6 is loosely mounted on the upper end of the cylinder 5 in order that the bar 7 can be readily shifted to any point around the cylinder 5 to facilitate the operation of the lever 12. The crosspin 10,

seated in the up er end of the plunger 9,

forms a handle to eengaged when said plunger is withdrawn from the cylinder.

A device of our-improved construction is very simple and inexpensive, is very compact and provides simple and efiicient means for forcing plasti'clubricant into and through ordinary grease-cups.

We claim: 1. In a device of the class described, a cylinder secured to the grease cup, a ring r0- tatably carried by the cyiinder, a pin-carrys ing bar pivotally. earned by said ring, a plunger operating in said cylinder, the upper end of'the lunger being bifurcated, a lever arranged or engagement with said pins, said lever arranged to engage and ful crum over the upper end of the plunger without a pivot and be embraced by the bifurcated end of the plunger.

a grease cup filling device, a cylinder" threaded to the grease cup, there being a-reduction forming an annular shoulder adjacent the upper end of the cylinder, a ring embracing the reduced portion and resting on said shoulder, a bar pivoted to said ring, a series of pins carried by said bar, a plunger operating in said cylinder, said plunger being provided with a bifurcated upper end, the face of tne plunger in the bifurcated end-being curved, a lever having a bearingface arranged to fulcrum over the curved face of the plunger, the outer end of which I lever is bifurcated to straddle the pivoted bar and engage with said pins and the opposite end of the lever being provided with a 15 wrench-seat.

In testimony .whereof we have signed our names to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN W. FAESSLER. LUTHER K. SMITH. Witnesses: L. W. MCKINNEY, A. G. GLODNEY. 

